Susan Hackwood
Susan Hackwood is an English-born engineer and academic administrator. She is a professor and researcher of electrical engineering at University of California, Riverside (UCR), credited for introducing the concept of electrowetting with Gerardo Beni in 1981. She was the executive director of the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) 1995-2018. She also serves as director of her university's "Science to Policy" program.
Hackwood is married to Gerardo Beni. They have two children, Catherine and Juliet.